SHOEMAKER SCIENCE LAB
NOVEMBER
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SCIENCE LAB REMINDERS
Please remind students to be safe...no running, pulling on items, take care when using tools.
Thanks a bunch!
Why visit the Science Lab?
- Each month you will find new exhibits in the Science Lab for your students to do.
- Materials and tools are at your fingertips with very little planning or set up for you.
- Just click the link above to sign - up for a time. (perhaps after art...stop in while you are in the neighborhood)
- Give students hands on experiences to explore, observe and learn new facts.
- More room for your class to explore this year!
- PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR NEXT MONTH'S EXHIBITS or would like something for your grade level or are willing to help.
- Turtles, hedgehog and stickbugs available upon request.
November Exhibits
- SPIDERS, BATS AND OWLS.....Look for the new spider exhibit and bat and owl cave...students can go into the darkened cave and find facts and decide if they are true or false, read books, and learn new facts about these interesting creatures(turn on purple lights and strobe light to add fun effects)
- Is it a bird? Is it an insect? Is it a bat? Is it an arachnid?...look for facts about these creatures!
- SEEDS! SEEDS! SEEDS!...Fall is the perfect time to find seeds out in nature...students can look at SUNFLOWERS, explore different kinds of seeds or plant a seed.
- We have extra PUMPKINS...if your class would like to cut open and explore a pumpkin, please let me know. Limited time.
- Soil and cups are in the blue container in the science lab. There is a large bag of sunflower seeds and a bowl of pumpkin seeds for planting.
- MAGNETS and MAGNIFYING GLASSES...allow students to explore different items using these two tools.
SPIDER THINGLINK
Welcome to Shoemaker Science STEM LAB!
PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR NEXT MONTH'S EXHIBITS or would like something for your grade level or are willing to help.
This newsletter will contain resources, activities and experiments for you to use. Materials have been gathered and placed in the lab...please feel free to add materials that you may have or need.
Also, The Science Curriculum is slated to be revised this year and science committee members will be piloting materials starting in December. The committee is focusing on the Next Generation Science Standards. The Next Generation Standards have been posted in the LAB as a point of reference. It is nice to see how the standards unravel over each grade level.
NOVEMBER IDEAS
PLANTS AND SEEDS
Seed in a Jar
Indian Corn
Water Travel in Leaves
Self watering
Grass Seed
Seed Sorting
Sweet potato
Garden in a Glove
Tons of Seeds Activities
NATURAL RESOURCES
FARMING SPOTLIGHT
Natural Resources Song
Natural Resources Smartboard
JUST FOR FUN EXPERIMENTS
Dancing Raisins Experiment
10 Baking Soda Experiments
Growing a Crystal Flower
OTHER RESOURCES
What Do Scientists Do?
by learning about SCIENTISTS and the TOOLS they use through observing, research and experiments.
What do scientists do?
How do scientists think?
What kinds of QUESTIONS do scientists ask?
What Tools do scientists use?
What Do You Think Scientists Do?
DRAGONFLY TV
Brainpop Jr.
Scientific Method
Student-Centered Approach to Science Investigations...
Student-centered approach to science investigations...
posing a problem; activating the students' prior knowledge and developing a list of questions; choosing or developing a class focus question; working together to come up with a plan for the investigation; recording the data with drawings, charts, graphs and of course, writing; making a claim supported by the evidence (i.e. I claim that yellow and green make blue because when I mixed the yellow and green paint, it made blue paint); drawing conclusions; and then reflecting and posing new questions.
TIME TO EXPLORE AND LEARN LIKE A SCIENTIST
MAGNETS
Magnetic Slime
Magnetic Force Experiment
Gravity Activity With Magnets
MAKE SLIME
Homemade Slime
DIY SLIME
ULTIMATE SLIME GUIDE
WATER CYCLE
Water cycle in a bag
Water Cycle Experiment
The Water Cycle thinglink
SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS
SEEDS
Seed Medallions
Mini Greenhouse
GENIUS HOUR
What Do You Do With An Idea?
I have it!